·noun A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout.
II. Bout ·noun As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, ·etc.; a turn; a round.
without. Northumb. York, and Derb. See Antony and Cleopatra, Act iv. sc. 8. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A turn, trial, or round. An attack of illness; a convivial meeting. ♦ 'Bout ship, the brief order ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adv ·Alt. of <<Hereabouts>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language